Christmas 2025

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Across
  1. 6. Chilled Christmas drink made from milk, cream, eggs, sugar
  2. 9. This carol was sung by troops in the trenches during a Christmas truce in 1914
  3. 13. Latin name for Mistletoe
  4. 15. This carol takes its tune from a medieval dance
  5. 16. Vaughan Williams wrote an alternative tune for which carol?
  6. 17. Where does Bob Cratchit live?
  7. 18. Beethoven wrote this piece which is often played at Christmas
  8. 19. A popular American carol sung each year in this country
Down
  1. 1. Who started the tradition of people standing for the Hallelujah Chorous?
  2. 2. Which poet wrote the carol "In the Bleak Midwinter"?
  3. 3. Latin name for holly
  4. 4. Name given to first carol singers
  5. 5. What was the cheaper alternative to turkey bought by Bob Cratchit for his family?
  6. 7. Who introduced the custom of Christmas trees to Britain?
  7. 8. Traditionally hidden in a Christmas pudding
  8. 10. Where was the first carol service held?
  9. 11. Mendelssohn wrote the tune for which carol?
  10. 12. This person banned the singing of carols.
  11. 14. How many days did it take Handel to compose 'The Messiah'?
  12. 19. Fideles The Latin version of a popular carol from 1640